Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1922, Page 43

- The Sty Star Theater an Photoplaf ’ HOTOPLAYS are not the only wonderful accomplishment of the motion picture industry. In various other lines of endeavor con- nected with the making of picture plays the accomplishments have been such as to command additional surprise and admiration to what long has been excited by the art, or industry, as you will, which has become one of the marvels of the business world. The attention og the public, as a rule, however, has been focused upon the screen production and the player, and both have had an undue share of comment, favorable and otherwise. But those who have taken the trouble to inquire closely into conditions and happenings on “the lot” and in the studios, declare that the average screen player is an earnest, zealous and intelligent student of his art, and that its environments have rather improved and elevated his culture than otherwise. They say they have found among these people the real spirit of sacrifice, the true test and measure of human endea_vor to attain an ideal, and also that such €pirit is not rare, nor is it lacking in the intensity which invites suffering, even the pangs of hunger, in lh‘e effort to reach the desired goal. Surely in a community where this spirit is found the morals of the people and the ethics which control their lives must be above the gencral average. N\ * %k ¥k ¥ {E picture player, like the actor of the stage, is ever in the public limelight. Whatever he does always finds a more tensely interested audience than the man in the ordinary walks of life. It is doubly so in the case oi the woman. And so a story, a scandal, or even a suggestion of the unconventional in connection with their names is always quickly scized upon by the sensational writer, or the gossip, and often it is ac- cepted as only a part of the truth, the worst of which has not been told. Humanity is wofully pitiless when it spreads or listens to scandal. And it is claimed today at Hollywood and the nearby picture colonies that there are thousands ¢i good men and women who are earnestly and hon- estly pursuing an ambition that in any other line of art would command admiration. yet who are sharing the general condemnation of the ignorant or the unthinking which deservedly descends upon the heads of those who have been shown to be unworthy. This c:rl*nl.\' is not fair. * % kX ¢ HERE is a strong belief in the motion picture world that the appoint- ment of Will H. Hays, former Postmaster General, as the supreme arbiter in matters of doubt in the motion picture industry, is a blessing in disguise that will completely vindicate the industry in the eyes of the general public against unjust charges and complaints, and thus give it a fair standing in the court of general judgment, a standing which, here- tofore, it has not always enjoyed in matters of doubt. The test of its sincerity, it is pointed out, is the willingness with which it has suffered the loss of millions in the banishment from the screen of pictures, not objectionable in themselves, but whose fault lay solely in the fact that they exploited those whose private lives and acts brought reproach upon all engaged in picture making. It is the firm purpose of the legitimate makers of screen productions to make their business, like Caesar’s wife, above suspicion. Their purpose is not tainted with hypocrisy; it is earn- est, it is real, and the world should profit by the result. But at the same time it is being clearly pointed out that the large growth of noxious pic- ture weeds in the past has been due to the golden showers that have been heaped upon their cultivators by a large and brazen element of the gen- eral public whose taste runs always to the forbidden. A prominent pro- ducer recently declared with some emphasis that the public itself, rather than the picture maker, stood sorely in need of a censor. * ok k k SU.\IM ER creeps on apace and the fall is not so far away. With it will come the opening of the new theatrical season. Thus far there has been little evidence that Washington is to have a new and ideal theater and opera house. Vast improvements have been made and are continuing at the National Theater, our theatrical sheet-anchor in times past. More are to be made, and when the popular playhouse opens its new season its patrons will find much, very much, for congratulation. Manager | Brylawski of the Cosmos Theater also has been doing a great deal to give his patrons additional confidence, if they ever needed it, that their safety and their comfort are his chief concern, and that when the theater opens, probably the middle of August, they will find a new steel and as- bestos roof and ceiling and everything removed that might by any pos- sibility endanger their security of life and limb, not only against fire, but against any other foreseeable evil, as well as a new and enlarged stage, completely re-equipped, thus admitting of the engagement of larger and better productions than ever before. They will have reason to continue their always loyal patronage and to help the management to make the Cosmos not only one of the safest and most comfortable, but also one of the most enjoyable houses of popular enterfainment in the National Capital. * ok k % RRY M. CRANDALL'S recent action in establishing a public service | and educational department, under the direction of Mrs. J. J. Locher, who for six years has been chairman of the motion picture committee of the District of Columbia Federated Women's Clubs, is more and more commending itself to the thinking public of Washington. The scope of Mrs. Locher’s work is not fully apparent at the outset, but mature and atient consideration will soon make clear its wide possibilities. Mrs. John W. Frizzell, the president, and Mrs. Victoria W. Stevenson, chai man of the motion picture committee of the federated clubs, both have been in consultation with Mrs. Locher and have assured her, it is said, of their co-operation in furthering the work laid out for her, especially in connection with special performances for children. Pictures, like all other entertainment, must be provided both for sophisticated and un- sophisticated audiences. There is no doubt that many plays and many plctures against which no just criticism may be leveled are not intended, nor are they desirable, for juvenile audiences. That is not, necessarily, a fault. If all entertainment must be so shaped as to place it on the juvenile Tevel, the adult must suffer. The real goal to be sought is to make all entertainment such as will fit it for the audiences for which it is intended. The children are entitled to theirs and the older folks to theirs. But all can be made clean and wholesome, as well as enjoyable, if not instructive. W. X. LANDVOIGT. Photoplays This Week AT PHOTOPLAY HOUSES THIS WEEK. COLUMBIA—Agnes Ayres, in “Borderland.” Shown this afternoon. METROPOLITAN—Charles Ray, in “Smudge.” Shown this after- | ! noon. RIALTO—Marie Prevost, in “Her Night of Nights.” Shown this afternoon. \ PALACE—Ethel Clayton, in “Her Own Money.” Shown this after- noon. G CRANDALL'S—“When Romance Rides.” Shown this afternoon. young college man assigned to the job | COLUMBIA—Agnes A$res in : % of running his father’s newspaper i “Borderland. The great issue in the politioal "cam: | Agncs Ayres, who has contributed | Po Srotect the Seane trem Ok, dSices several brilliant interpretations to|The fruit growers have ll'ly‘:’n;lldlted that the town would collapse wif the orange industry; the phouns::“at forming the women's party declare that the smudge might save the trees but that it also ruins everything eise in town. The paper has always sided with the fruit men, but the new editor soon cures that obvious evil by succumbing: to the charms of a pretty face and an :’rzm!‘vo m’ olfhmlly feminine ar- e LY eal excitement “The Blacksmith,” begins skillfully travestied - qflou!l'oil'l-z lfromtew Longfellow's poem and ends with a riot of mirth. ubjects will include th the screen within recent months, will be seen in her latest production, “Borderland.” at Loew's Columbia Theater this afternoon, and through- out the entire week. ““Borderland” was written and scen- arized by Beulah Marfe Dix. It was directed by Paul Powell, and its re- markable cast includes Milton Sills, «Casson Ferguson, Fred Huntley, Ber- tram Grassby. Ruby Lafayette, Sylvia Ashton. Frankie Lee, Mary Jane Irv- ing, Dale Fuller, Walter Wills, and numerous others. It concerns the pleasure-loving wite of a man whom she thinks is neglect- ing her. Her husband's cousin, Clyde Meredith. is only too anxious to amuse and entertain her, and the situation =oon gets beyond control. On the night they decide to flee together the young wife is warned by the spirit of an ancestor who made the same misstep fifty years before. At this point Miss Ayres assumes the role of the spirit and the story of that earlier misstep is enacted. Added screen and music features conclude the program. METROPOLITAN — “Smudge”— “The Blacksmith.” Charles Ray and Buster Keaton will ’ Pst;‘noflfiml athe News and “Topics of th lhn orchestra, under N. llr-k:y,D‘;,"l contribute a selected overture and or- chestral interpretation of the major features. RIALTO—“Her Night of Nights.” This week, beginning today, Moore's Rialto Theater will present a double feature program of cinema attractions combined with special concert numbers by the orchestra. A fiapper extraordinary is the he: \ne of “Her Night of Nights.” the Uni- versal comedy, starring Marie Prevost, which will be the major attraction. A rollicking round of action and flapper- isms, with a “flapper” product of the city's social activities that assume an alarming tempo, yet still tuman enough to fall in love with a “country fellow.” he the pictured stars this week at Cran- dall’s Metropolitan Theater, the former in his latest First National release, ~Smudge,” and Buster Keaton, in a new two-reel comedy, “The_ Blackamith.” “Smudge” 1s Rob Wagner's screen version of his own short story of the orange belt, concerning & f S | tion Raymonp HiTcHCOCK > Kerths WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY Edward Hearn has the leading part opposite the star. The locule is centered around New York city, its cafes and night life, its exclusive fashion shops wlong 5th ave- nue, its more or less unregulated clibs and its quiet suburban atmosphere miles out. One feature is the appearance of the chief beauties among the sixty mod- els associated with the fashion revues and style shows, who are used in stag- ing an elaborate fashion show. The other attraction will be the epi- sodes, “Autumn” and “Winter,” of the “Four Seasons” series. PALACE—Ethel Clayton in “Her Own Money.” Two photoplay productions will be shown at Loew's Palace Theater this week, beginning this afternoon. For the first four days Ethel Clayton will be seen in her latest production, “Her Own Money," based on the story by Mark Swan, and directed by Joseph Henabery, and the final three days of the “week, beginning Thursday morning, Constance Binney will be pictured in “The Sleep Walker,” Au- brey Stauffer's love drama of thrills and charm. “Her Own Money" was scenarized by Elmer Rice and produced with a supporting cast that includes War- ner Baxter, Charles French, C ence Burton, Mae Busch and many others. wife with an extravagant husband, who, by the practice of strict econ- omy, saves $2,000 in the hope of buy- ing ‘themselves a home. The hus- band becomes involved in a business deal, néeds $2,000 in a hurry. and the wife arranges with a neighbor to loan the husband her own mone; The deal falls through, the money is lost and the husband and wife are estranged, but through a subsequent happy twist of the story a happy ending eventuates. “The Sleep Walker" concerns a girl who walks straight from the proteci- ling walls of a convent into a world of trickery and deceit. This produc- be supplemented by splendid screen and musical attractions. CRANDALL'S—“When Romance | Rides.” “When Romance Rides.” Benjamin B. Hampton's screen version of the story by Zane Grey, will be the feature at Crandall's Theater the first three days of this week, beginning this afternoon. This stirring story alternates between flannel shirts and tuxedos and reaches its climax in “one of the greatest horse races ever seen on the screen.” Claire Adams and Carl Gantvoort appear in the chief roles, supported by Tod Sloan, the famous jockey, and others. The added comedy will be Buster Keaton's farce, “My Wife's Relations.” in which the smileless comic is married to a woman who is trying to put him under a peace bond, by a_ Polish magistrate, Wwho understands no English.. Wednesday and Thursday Dorothy Dalton and Milton Sills will be seen in “The Woman Who Walked Alone,” and the comedy will be “A Zero Hero.” Friday and Saturday another of Wal- lace Reid's automobile romances will be Paramount’s production of *“Across the Continent,” in which is presented a vin- dication of the poor man's motor, car; also Lloyd Hamilton comedy, ‘“Poor Minor films and pipe organ accom- paniment will be daily attractions. Apollo. Today and -tomorrow, _Katherin, MacDonald, in “Domestic Relation: and Buster Keaton, in "My Wife's Relations™; Tuesday and Wednesday, Mack Sennett's 'he Crossroads of New York”; Thursday, Agnes Ayres, in “The Ordeal”; comedy, *’Twas Ever Thus,” and Pathe Review; Fri- d: Jack Holt and Bebe Daniels, in “North of the Rio Grande,” and com- edy, ‘Danger”; Saturday. Elaine Hammerstein, in “Reckless Youth Hardy Pollard, in_*“The Dumb-bell” and Movie Chats, No. 9. Avenue Grand. . Today and tomorrow, Mack Sennett’s “The Crossroads of New York” and Harry Pollard, in “The Dumb-bell”; Tuesday and Wednesday, Katherine MacDonsald, in “Domestic Relations” and Buster Keaton, in “My Wife's Relations”: Thursday, - Betty Comp- son, in “Over the Borde: Friday, Agnes Ayres, in “The Ordeal”; Bobby Vernon, in “A Barnyard Cavaller,”™ and Movie Chats, No. 9; Saturday, Bebe Daniels and Jack Holt, in “North of the Rio Grande.” and com- edy, “Toonerville Trial Circle. Today and tomorrow, Richard Bar- thelmess, in “Sonny”: Tuesday, Will Rogers, in “One .Glorious - Fool ‘Wednesday, “Get Rich Quick Wal lingford”; Thursday, Agnes Ayres, in “The Ordeal”; Friday, Constince Tal- g—(fll;. in “The Primitive Loyer, and urday, Betty Compgon, the Borde: Lo Dumbarton. Today, Corinne Grifith In_‘Tsland Wives"; tomorrow,~ Pola ~Negri in “The Red Peacock”; Tu Alice Brady in “Red Head”; Wednesda: ‘““Thunderclap”; Thursday, Anita Ste art in “Question of Honor”; Friday, Dorothy Dalton in_*Moran of Lady Betty,” and Saturday, Money Ma- niac Elite. Today and tomorrow, Gloris Swan- son, in “Beyond the "-._,';:Omy- George - Chaseboro, :in _* ve_of ar- ! Morey. I s The' story concerns a Youns | prodigal Judge I | | | | comedy, C1AvTON Palace the Service”: Wednesday, Eileen Seds- ick, in “The Arrest of Norma Mac- : Thursday, Marion Davies, in Brides Play”; Friday, in “Beyond the Rainbow, Maclyn Arbuckle, in “The turday Today and tomorrow. Lewis Jane Novak and Wallace Beery, ih “The ~Rosar: also Harold Liovd comed y, “Lonesome Cof ners”” also comedy, “Horse Tears’: Wednesday, Mable Ballin, in “The also comedy: Thurs- ews; Friday “Out of the Silent North edy. and Saturday, Noble Johnson, ip “Traks.” comedy and surprise night at 7:45 p.m. onl. Raalto Grande”; Johnny Hines, in “Torchy Steps Out” and Prizma color study. York. Wallace Reid the Continent”: comedy. and Movie Chats, No. 9 Clark Kimball Young. in A Worldly Madonna,” and comedy, “Toonervilie Trials”; Tuesday, Tom Moore, in “Mr. | Barnes of New York.” and “Sunshine Sammy™ Morrison. in_“The_ Picka- ninny”; Wednesday, Dorix May, in “Gay and Devilish,” and “Johnny Hines, in “Torchy Steps Out”; Thurs- day, Mabel Normand, in “Head Over Heels,” and James Oliver Curwood's “The Ne'er to Turn Road”; Thursday. Favorite. Today. Agnes Ayres and Jack H{it. n “Bought and Paid For,” and comefly, “The Piper’; tomorrow. Thomas Mei- ghan. in “A’ Prince There Was." and “Loose : Tuesday. John | Gilbert, in “Gleam o' Dawn.” and fifth episode of “Go_Get 'Em Hutch”; Wed- nesday. Cecil B. De Mille's “Saturday Night.” pegformances at 7 and 9 p.m Thursday, David Powell. in *“Dangerous Lies,” and comedy. Harry Pollard, in “The Movies”; Friday. Lionel Barry- more, in “Boomerang Bill"" and twelfth episode_of “White Eagle”; Saturday, Frank_Mayo, in “The Man Who Mar- ried His Own Wife,’ and comedy, Johnny Hines, in “Battling Torchy." Today. in “Across “The Sleuth,” | tomorrow, | Betty Compson, in “Over the Border. i and Harry Poilard, in “The Dumb- Hlppodromei bell”; Saturday. Ethel Clayton. in Today. Jackie Coogan, in Trouble”: | “For’ the Defens and comedy, | tomorrow, Norma Talmadge, in “The Moth”; Tuesday, Willlam S. Hart, in “Three-Word Brand”; Wednesday. Frank Mayo, in “The Man Who Mar- ‘Mile-a-Minute Mar: B. F. KEITH'S—Irene Franklin. ourage L ey At Seturday, | next week will include the following z ? Y. | artists: _Irene Franklin, Bailey & Elaine Hammerstein, in “Why An- nounce Your Marriage?" Cowan, William Seabury and Company. Kennedy and Berie, the Le Grohs and the Autumn Three. Home. Today, Wallace Reid in “Across the Continent”; tomorrow. Frank Mayo in “The Man Who Married His Own Wife"; Tuesday, Elaine Hammerstein in “The Argyle Case"; Wednesday, Eugene ‘O'Brien in “Channing of the - , Lincoln’s Love Stary. IN the great Lincoln picture, now in preparation for production by Rockett-Naylor Productions, one of Northwest"; Thursday, Ethel Clayton in “For the Defense": Friday, Jack |the most interesting sequences will London’s “Son of the Wolf,” and Sat- be the romance of beautiful Ann urday, Lon Chaney In “The Trab." | p.iicage and the youthful Lincoln, one of the sweetest love stories ever told—and one of the saddest. In this romance many lives were tangled. John McNell, a young mer- Marguerite Courtot and “Bilile Dove" | chant of New Salem, whose real name in “Beyond the Rainbow"; Wednesday | was McNamar, first wooed the lovely an ursday, “Determination”: Fri-|Ann and then returned to his home day, Mabel Normand in “Head Over ving her to silence and Heels,” and Jimmie Aubrey 4n ~The{ i the east, leaving = Decorator,” and Saturday, James Oli- [ “FP5 came Lincoln, with his ten- ver Curwood's “Jan of the Big Snows" | gerness and great heart. and the and Snub Pollard in “Hale and Hearty.” | grooping Ann turned to him .like a - 4 flower to the sun and bloomed again Princess. in all her loveliness. Trh?ly |§1le\:afme = ngaged. but Ann soon fe of a Today, Willlam S. Hart in *Trav- | S08a800y Utier a brief lliness, passed | elin’ On”; tomorrow, Mabel Normand |away, leaving the gréat soul of her in “Head Over Heels”: Tuesday, Bert|devoted lover desolate and woe Lytell In “A Trip to Paradise”: Wed- | stricken. Viola Dana in “The Four-| "Months later McNamar returned. as ; Thursday. Alice Lake | ng had promised, but fate had long in -“The Infamous Miss Revell”: Fri- |since touched with death the maiden day, Gareth Hughes in “The Hunch,”|he had loved and had lald upon the and Saturday, Bert Lytell in “Lady-{soul of Lincoln an eternal melan- fingers. choly. Years passed. and then came Mary Todd, a charming southern girl, Baphsel. proud, aristocratic, imperious, full of Today and tomorrow, Lilian and!fire and ambition, who seemed in- Dorothy Gish in “Orphans of .the|tyitively to know that the sad but Storm,” 3:15, and 9 p.m.; Tuesday. | ghle Lincoln was & man of destiny. Anita Stewart, In" “A Question of | The love story of these two, at last onor,” also Pathe News and “Topics | consummated in marriage, is the of the Day"; Wednesday and Thurs- | gtrangest of all time. For a while It day, Priscilla’ Dean, in “Wild Honesl'; | seemed that the quéenly Mary would Friday, Ethel Clayton, in “For the be won by Lincoln's greatest politici fense” ‘and minth episode of “The Hobe | rival, Stephen A. Douglas. but fa! Olympio. Today and tomorrow, Jean Paige and Maclyn Arbuckle in “The Prodi- gal Judge”; Tuesday, Harry Morey, Diamond Mystery"”; Saturday, Harry | had so ordered, and Lincoln at Carey, in “Man to Man.” and cleventh | Just jed her to the aitar. ‘A episode of “Go Get "Em Hitch. The merriage of Miss Todd and A Abraham Lincoln will be reproduced Savoy. in the picture exactly as it took place ® and in the same room, the drawing Today and tomorrow, Mack Sen-|room of the home of Mr. and Mrs. nett’s “The Crossroads of New York”; | Ninian Edwards, Springfield, TIl. This Tuesday and Wednesday, Katherfne |room is now exactly as it was the MacDonald, in “Domestic_Relations” | night of the wedding. and Buster Keaton, in “My Wite's e Relations™; Thursday, Elllott Dexter, a success in Lon- will be presented by arry Pol- [ “Hunky Dory, lard, in’ “The Dumb-bell”; Friday, {don last season, Elaine Hammerstein, in -“Reckless|the Marc Klaw Company in New Youth” and Christie comedy, “Fair [ York this fall. It is a Scotch play. Enough”; Saturday, Jack Holt and onald Watson plays the leading, Bebe’ Daniels,’ in. N parh. in “Grand Larceny” .and 23, 1922, CHARLES RAY Metropolitan Sea Storm Staged in Tank. IGHTY are the movies! Who shall circumscribe their possibilities? Many directors have attempted to stage reproductions of ocean storms in the studio, but most of them have had only indifferent success. The trick is said to be a bafing one. It has remained for Irvin V. Wiliat to accomplish this remarkable feat. After taking pictures from the deck of a real boat on the Pacific, in his new production for Paramount. “On the High Seas,” he had an exact re- production of a section of the déck constructed in the studio tank at Hollywood. It was placed on rock- e airplane propellers were used to make a terrific wind, rain came down in torrents and lightning flashed. There was a wild time. The results are declared to be aston- ishing by those who have seen sec- tions of the film. In this episode Jack Holt and Mitch- ell Lewis are giving a sea burial to several corpses which they have found on the derelict schooner, having taken refuge thereon from a small boat in which they and Dorothy Dalton, play- ing another featured role, have drift- ed for several days after the sinking of an ocean liner. The setting was surrounded by a large staff of technical men. who ma- nipulated the various effects. Two men operated wind machines which blew the sails and rigging. Anotner pulled a rope attached to the end of the boom which swayed it back and forth. Another stood at the side of the boat and dashed water up over the side as the bodies dropped in one | by one. Still another produced light- ning. and a number of electricians at- tended the lights. The camera was set upon a special tripod which allowed it to be rocked and swayed, producing the effect on the screen of a rolling ship. All these effects had to work with mathemati- cal precision “A Flapper—Plus.” SN Y outlook on life is one which might be expected from a girl who believes that she is a combina- tion of Pollyana, a flapper and a re- incarnation of Lorna Doone” says Viola Dana. “Of course, 1 do not mean that to be taken too literally. but if 1 were to be analyzed scientifically there would be found traces of all these charac- ters, “I belleve that I have been more fortunate than most girls in that 1 have achieved my ambition, and suc- cess does color one's attitude toward the world. “As 1 try to think back to my young girlhood I am convinced that there has been very little change 1n my outlook on life as a result of ¥ie success of the last few years."” So many of the parts which Viola Dana has played for the screen have been those of a young, fun-foving, irresponsible girl ~that she is con- stantly being referred to as the ideal screén flapper. And while Miss Dana appreciates the reason for this, she thinks that she might more properly be_described as a “flapper-plus. “It is just that quality which is in- dicated in the ‘plus’ that makes my work _enjoyable,” Miss Dana has con- fessed. “The word ‘flapper’ has been s0 loosely applied during the past year or so that any girl within the 1imits of twelve to thirty who is dis- tinguished by certain qualities has fallen into the general classificatior. “I like to think that most of the girls whom I have impersonated on the screen had a certain something 1n addition to their flapper qualities.” Selma Lagerlof. T== name of Selma Lagerlof is known the wide world over for her rich and vigorous stories, which have been translated into the prin- cipal languages of the globe, as well as into such tongues as Finnish, Hun- garian, Portuguese and Csech. She has probably had more of her works uced on the screen than sny other living writer of equal promi- nence. The Swedish Biograph Company has the exclusive right to interpret her stories on the “silver sheet” Ivan Hedquist plays the role of Squire Theodore in the Swedish Biograph's production of her no:x. “In Quest of Happiness.” He played that part 400 times on the speaking stage before he appeared:in it on the screen. Current Attractions [ AT THE THEATERS THIS WEEI;.V 1 GARRICK—Tonight, “A Turn in the Dark.” Tomorrow evening and all wee Gentleman from M B. F. KEITH'S—Raymond Hitchcock, vaudeville. tomorrow afternoon. 1 all Tom Wise, in “The | ississippi. New show opens GARRICK—“A Gentleman From Mississippi.” “A Gentleman From Mississippi.” a show of particular interest to Washing- ton, in view of the fact that it not only was written and originally produced here, but also because its seems and action center in and about the Capitol, will be this week's offering at the Shu- bert-Garrick Theater, beginning with | tomorrow night's performance. ‘Tom Wise, who collaborated with Har- rison Rhodes in the writing of the play and who was the head of the cast of the original company for. three success- ive seasons, will again enact the title role, this time as guest star of the Gar- rick Players. He arrived in Washington early last week and took personal cl\lAm of the direction of the piece. “A Gentleman From Mississippi” is a story of political intrigue, in which a United States senator is the storm cen- ter and through which runs a fascinat- ing romance. It has to do with a man who rose from obscurity to a place m| the Senate and who was used as a tool by the big interests until he suddenly found himself and struck out on his | own account. The result is a surprise to evervbody. Supporting Mr. Wise will be Ada Meade, George Henry Trader. Gus Forbes and other Garrickers, including Garry McGarry, the indefatigable pro- duction manager under whose direction the stock company has just completed its fourteenth successful week. | In response to & popular demand, it is announced, George Henry Trader's | melodrama. “A Turn in the Dark.”| will be heid over for a performance | at the Shubert-Garrick Theater to-| Glen Echo Park. Spain. the monopoly of carrying ne- Broes from Africa to America. The Fegro of the south was forced upon this country, mot so much by the chloniats as by the British merchants. ! “The = economic argument was! stronger than the moral one. The Ten Soil of the south, with its cot-| fon and tobacco, favored the planta- tion system and slave labor. Yn 1774 the Continental Congress forbade the further importation of Haves. In 1784 Thomas Jefferson himselt urged that the slaves be pur- chased and colonized, but the inven- | luon by Eli Whitney, 1784, of the [ cotton gin, greatly increased the necessity for and importance of the: 5. ®18Ye%1817 the American Colonization Society was organized at Washington to return the slaves to Africa. “At the time Missouri applied for, admission there were eleven slave and eleven free states. Congress compromised, Missouri coming in as a slave state while Maine was ad- mitted as a free state, and ‘slavery prohibited forever in lands north of 36 a 36 minutes.” “In_ 1821 Liberia was secured for the slaves, and in 1833 England abol- ished slavery. By 1844 both political parties were divided into anti_and pro slavery. In 1848 Texas and Flor- ida_were admitted as slave states, while Towa and Wisconsin were ad- mitted free, making fifteen frce and fifteen slave states. “In 1849 young and lusty Califor- nia-brought things to a crisis, Th i night. The show was to have cls la night, but the management cided to repeat tonight in order 1o give all who so desired # chance to see it B. F. KEITH'S—Raymond Hitch- cock. Raymond Hitchcock will this week make his vaudev Keith's Theater, inee tomorrow. ' If the publi a8 a vaudeville headliner, the chances are more than good for his accepting the standing tender of a long route for the approaching season. Mr. Hitchcock needs no panegyric. He has starred for years, notably in for “him: “The Yankee Contul™ and other productions. While here he will give a laugh-evoking chat punctuated by typical song he added attruc mous Russian mait ankoff. and his associ The Dancinz Master.” « ranged by M. Baukoff. ceptional aitra music halls i Dippy Mad M €ix vears in Lond d th 2 Demarest and Esteile ¢ offering ace Hayes will Hitchy-Koo,” named will be the Ivan dancers, in cived Anot m of fame ank Van Hoven an, * home ette Strings The Tmpressions, several beautiful : Bernard and Gary will give an act of southern syncopation, and Anders Yvel, “Trying to Pl Today at 3 a and all last w Outdoor Amusements tric nd M streets and m m v at the A day at Glen Echo will furnish |park. incl in msel boat- sufficient amusement and change to | |"E. fishing. fier da ; <napshol- last a week. Natural woodland offers | torie intercet. of great appesl, due unsurpassed opportunity for picnic- | o the association of this beautifu ers. The dip. roiler coaster. old mill | spot with the prisate life of G and midway are never-ending sources | Washington of fun. One of the latest features | at the midway is a “He Haw Maud” | mule that may or may not be ridden, Chesapeake Beach. according to the skill of the driver. | A broad boardwalk, situated out Dancing is featured in the ball- % room from §:30 until 11:30 p.m. pver. the bay 1 cooled by refresh- Admission to the big park is always | I breezes, is one of the charms of free. and car service runs every few | CPesabeake | Beach Ashipetcus minutes. salt-ya sort. A half-mile utes FL |z r pler juts out into the bus. rom it one may fish or crab, or take Chevy Chase Lake. motor boats for cruises. A circular The. inclement weather interfered |3ancing pavition open on all sidce is Srllzex:) Jz‘rfi-mn{:{: lp:.rlfnu_narcrdai ing fr"m: Benches for spectators skirt s ednesday | the floor. night. and for the second time it has | Back from the shore a short distance been postponed. Dance fans are hop- |are pretty, shady picnic groves ing the weather man can promise an A e array of stars in the heavens for next . Wednesday night. when Jerry will Colonial Beach. pull off those steps of his that are the The steamer St. Johns making wonder and admiration of dance en- | trips to Colonial Beach Btz thusiasts. urday t 2:30 p. and rday t stunt-1s scheduled for the lower | & ary. from the Tth street whatl. in pavillon at 10:20. where Tommy |aadition fo two week-day trips, Tues- Thompson nightly carries off the hon- | tay and Thursday at 9 am.. seventy ors with his Mever Davis’ Orchestra. | miles down the Potomac. just # four- 0 Jerry is due at the upper|h,ur ride past all the historical points pavilion, where Pete Macias’ Orches- | qlong the river. At Colonial Beach tra is the feature. in found salt-water bathing. fishing. SR crabbing. sailing and canoeing The Great Falls Park. |large dance pavilion is situated on TSR S gt o IR | of the piers, directly over the = T 8 T Va- | water. riety in the way of enjoyment and | The steamer §t. Johns will continue recreation as an open-air resort. A [the f light trig ery delightful location, above the historic and Friday at Great Falls of the Potomac. a pleas- ! i:15 p.m. ing on the ant ride to and from the park on fast decks are feature . . . 9 . 7 Did Lincoln Cause the War ! S/THE war between the states wan “fortv.niners. at Monterer, drew up deliberately and personally con- ’:l:\"":‘“g\:';”"'“':r the siare criluing ceived and its Inauguration made by | wan unanimons n pecmber ot Abranam Lincoln. and he was per- | that year members of Congress from = el the south threatened 1o e 4 sonally responsible for forcing the | .\ ru¥i0y "aiided from the new war upon the south,” declared A re-|territorics yet form. The admis- port submitted June 21 at Rich-|sion of California. September 7. 1850, mond, Va. by the historical commit- | &8 & free siate caused Henry Clay to tee of and uinAnimowsly adopled by | S0ES, thax New Mcxico and Kicah the United Confederate Veterans The year 1552 was very eventful The report recommended that a .(ylv-l.. Tom's Cabin' had appearcd. son of Curreyville, Va.. and published | Senator Charles Summer. leader for the by Miss Mildred Rutherford of Athi-|north and feffersen Dasis for the south . . “In 54 the nate debated ur ens, Ga, be used in the schools of .0 o0 0 Ui after the south. consulting with Jeffe P In answer to this, Dr. Gilbert Ellis |drew up the ¥ chraska bill, Bailey, Ph. D., of the University of |Maling the Missouri ‘compromise @ Southern California, and head of the | sever vears of “Rlceding Kansa.: research department of Rockett-Nay-| “In 1856 the republican pariy was lor Productions, recently Or‘lnucd‘ :"YI‘EA]HIJ d' |‘y‘\ ll:lu:l’)\lll.kl IL'lll . and i Linco id Douglas were to film the life of Abraham Lincoln, | rival candidates f sk i following: sulting in their s t far w‘:"l‘:sc:»:‘: did not :t-n the war; he | Pates. Douglas often lost xig n ) the moral principles in order t was simply pitched to the helm in|q fegal point: Lincoln was me the midst of a tornado. The civil|in moral issues war was but a part of the eternal| “The north listened to the liberty struggle between the right and|bell in Independence Hall. and the Srong: freedom on the one hand and | south , feared the loss of property Tlavery on the other. The causes and sfaves. Lincoln guided the ship That led to the civil war are notlof state to a safe harbor difcult to follow. Slavery existed) “The civil war preserved the S Sible times; it existed in the days|Union and settled the question of of Rome; it exists today in many |slavery. Today the blue and the gray parts of ‘the world among the un-|meet as brothers and. in Cuba and Dvillzed. The history of slavery in|France, they have fought together the Unitea States, in brief, is as|under the same follows: “Robert F. Lee. Stonewall JTackson Ot %i619 the Dutch brought the:Joe Wheeler, Alexander M. Stephens first slaves to the colonists at James-|and many others are held in warm Town. a wvear before the Pilgrims land- | admiration for their moral and man- ed from the Mayflower. The south!ly qualities. Jefferson Davie iz ad {at that time was settled by “royal-{mircd by men of the norili wiy Lncs fatsc and the north by those Who!him as an able Seeretary of War, @ fad’ from rovalty to freedom. The [brilliant senator. a fine enginecr. an Quakers of Pennsylvania were the|exceptional scholar, and a ndid K ones to protest against slavery ' type of ihe kindly southern gentle- (in_ 1688). England demanded. in|man 1713, as one of the spoils of war with| “The whole world is looking to this nation as the one existing e: mple of what liberty, Kindness and ihe appli- cation of the Golden Rule will do for a people. Why not adopt resolutions from Lincoln’s words: “With mal toward none: with charity for all.’ and help set the example of n true Christian nation before the world?" NEXT WEEK'S PHOTOPLAYS. Palace. Viola. Dana. in "hey Like Rough.” Harry Beaumont's produe- tion of the story of cave-man love by Rex Taylor. and Wanda wie n “The Truthful Liar™ Metropolitan. ~“Red Hot Romanc John Emers son and Anita Loos p Columbia. nook of the North Robert J. Flaherty's story of life and love In the aretic. [Orandall’s. Mack Sennett’s “The Crossrouds of New York”; Ethel Clayton. in “For the Defense,” and Betty Compson and Tom MOOrg, 1n-“Over the Border.' ; [ /